activities, the WOI closely cooperated with women Majles deputies and senators and the New Iran Party on women's issues. It was accused of acting for the government when no other independent women's organization was allowed to exist, and when branches of theWOI around the country encouraged women to participate in Rastakhiz Party activities. Religious establishment The relationship between the WOI and the religious establishment was never an easy one. Religious fundamentalists opposed the WOI because it went against their interpretation of Islam, and because the WOI supported moving family jurisdiction out of religious purview and into the hands of special family courts. Many women at all levels in the WOI also did not want to have to choose between growth and progress, and their religion. While leaders of the WOI believed in the possibility of being concurrently a Muslim and a feminist, it did not believe full human rights could be obtained within “Islamic feminism” The WOI tried to gather support from liberal mullahs or the participation of their female relatives at local women's centers. For instance, in Qom, the participation of Ayatollah Shariatmadari's daughters was essential to the viability of the local women's center. Some centers also included religious instruction and the reading of the Qur'an to appease the local clergy. In general, the WOI tried to avoid confrontation with religious figures. Among its strategies were: quotations from the Qur'an in support of women's rights, such as “Whoso doeth good works, whether male or female, and he (or she) is a believer, such will enter paradise and they will not be wronged the dint of a date stone.” (from Sura Nisa’) female role models among the prophet's family as heroines for women's rights, such as Zainab bint Ali and Khadijah bint Khuwaylid consultations with liberal religious leaders to word proposals. For instance, the Iran's Family Protection Law of 1975 was worded such that divorce (a man's right) was given by him to his wife as part of the marriage contract. Revolution Two main political forces were behind the Islamic Revolution that overturned the Shah; both were opposed to the WOI. For the leftists, the liberation of the masses took precedence over women's liberation. For the religious fundamentalists, the work of the WOI was contrary to their interpretation of Islam. Women massively participated in the demonstrations leading up to the revolution. Ironically, the WOI's activities in the late 1960s and